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Patsos is nothing if not a liberal user of his bench players. When I go to Reitz, I try to sit behind the home bench, which affords me the opportunity to see the coach at work. For Patsos, at work means quickly yanking players out of the game, yelling at an assistant coach about said player's performance while the player sits next to the assistant coach, then putting the player back in a minute later. During one early-season game, he subbed out all five starters within the first two minutes of the game, only to put them all back in a few plays later. That said ...

Patsos is nothing if not a liberal user of his bench players. When I go to Reitz, I try to sit behind the home bench, which affords me the opportunity to see the coach at work. For Patsos, at work means quickly yanking players out of the game, yelling at an assistant coach about said player's performance while the player sits next to the assistant coach, then putting the player back in a minute later. During one early-season game, he subbed out all five starters within the first two minutes of the game, only to put them all back in a few plays later. That said ... (US Presswire photo)

Patsos is nothing if not a liberal user of his bench players. When I go to Reitz, I try to sit behind the home bench, which affords me the opportunity to see the coach at work. For Patsos, at work means quickly yanking players out of the game, yelling at an assistant coach about said player's performance while the player sits next to the assistant coach, then putting the player back in a minute later. During one early-season game, he subbed out all five starters within the first two minutes of the game, only to put them all back in a few plays later. That said ...